HOTS Hosts

HOTS Hosts is a free, open-source Windows app for viewing and managing the system hosts file (Fluent Design, dark/light theme).

CORE: real-time table view, live search, bulk paste, auto-backup, diff preview, import/export .txt/.csv.

DIAGNOSTICS: domain existence check, heuristic malware scanner (redirected system/payment domains, homoglyphs, punycode, typosquatting).

PARENTAL CONTROL: 15 category blocklists (adult, dating, social apps, games, torrents...), one-click Cloudflare Family DNS, hosts file lock, application blocking, VPN client blocking, DNS-over-HTTPS blocking in browsers.

PRIVACY: 37 telemetry tweaks across 4 tiers, drift detection, System Restore integration, custom domain blocklist.

Also: 4 accent colors, 5 languages (EN/PL/FR/DE/ES), password-protected uninstall, auto-repair.

Free, GPLv3.

Features

Parental Control
Malware Scanner
Privacy Tweaker
DNS Diagnostics

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Operating Systems

Windows

Languages

English, French, German, Polish, Spanish

Registered

2026-08-04

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